linksinachain
10-26-2007, 04:44 PM
Hi folks,
New to the site, but didn't think I was a newcomer to modelling until I started doing some surfing as of late! Turns out the hobby I found as a young teen has a lot more to it than I originally thought!
It wasn't until quite recently I reengaged the hobby and decided to start building based on functioning equipment, rather than the 'fresh off the factory floor' look. Hence, I am doing a lot of Googling as of late. It is exhausting.
Next investment is an airbrush (looking at the Testors kit complete w/pump) so I can try my luck with a new skill.
I found this site quite by accident, actually (not that I'm not glad to be here)... S4Simon's post wrt fibreoptic cockpits caught my eye whilst casually surfing. Now I have a Monogram F-18 that I am hoping to convert into a CF-18 as I'm just outside Cold Lake, AB and am exposed to them more often than most.
So, techniques like weathering and layering are still quite new to my vernacular - don't be surprised if I ask quite a few horrendous n00b questions here ;)
Well, no time like the present... Does anyone have any techniques for modding aircraft control surfaces? Say, for instance, I wanted to have drooping flaps and ailerons but didn't want to fork out the $175CDN the local hobby shop wants for the Hasegawa F-18?
Either way, happy to be here!
Cheers,
Craig
(linksinachain)
New to the site, but didn't think I was a newcomer to modelling until I started doing some surfing as of late! Turns out the hobby I found as a young teen has a lot more to it than I originally thought!
It wasn't until quite recently I reengaged the hobby and decided to start building based on functioning equipment, rather than the 'fresh off the factory floor' look. Hence, I am doing a lot of Googling as of late. It is exhausting.
Next investment is an airbrush (looking at the Testors kit complete w/pump) so I can try my luck with a new skill.
I found this site quite by accident, actually (not that I'm not glad to be here)... S4Simon's post wrt fibreoptic cockpits caught my eye whilst casually surfing. Now I have a Monogram F-18 that I am hoping to convert into a CF-18 as I'm just outside Cold Lake, AB and am exposed to them more often than most.
So, techniques like weathering and layering are still quite new to my vernacular - don't be surprised if I ask quite a few horrendous n00b questions here ;)
Well, no time like the present... Does anyone have any techniques for modding aircraft control surfaces? Say, for instance, I wanted to have drooping flaps and ailerons but didn't want to fork out the $175CDN the local hobby shop wants for the Hasegawa F-18?
Either way, happy to be here!
Cheers,
Craig
(linksinachain)